[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 41 (Friday, March 9, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E512-E513]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      COMMITTEE FUNDING RESOLUTION

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                               speech of

                           HON. BOB GOODLATTE

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, March 8, 2007

  Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, as ranking Republican of the House 
Agriculture Committee, I want to commend the chairman of our committee, 
Collin Peterson, for the cooperative path we have followed in 
developing the funding method for our committee. We are carrying on the 
bipartisan tradition of the Agriculture Committee in staffing and 
expenditures.
  Under normal circumstances, I would be voting to support H. Res. 202 
that supports the operations of all the committees of the House. 
Unfortunately, the Speaker has used

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the unusual and inappropriate mechanism of the self-enacting rule to 
add the creation of a new and completely unnecessary Select Committee 
on Energy Independence and Global Warming. We are being asked to 
support the expenditure of nearly $4 million on a committee that would 
have no legislative jurisdiction and would cover no issue that is not 
already well addressed by existing committees. It strikes me that $4 
million is too much for the taxpayer to pay for press releases.
  The attempt to create this expensive and useless committee has added 
an unacceptable element to what would otherwise be a bill I could 
support. Therefore, I reluctantly oppose H. Res. 202.

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